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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...simply pass the issues by. So long as courage and tolerance and knowledge remain national ideals, they will be automatically affirmed. If, for example, you ask a man if he avoids controversial issues, every positive answer is an avowal of cowardice. Alongside these men, however, there will be a larger, undetected group who have simply drifted with the times. No questionnaire is sensitive to such historical changes in the intellectual climate, nor to unconscious modifications in one's self-portrait...

Author: By Christopher Jencks, | Title: Portrayal of American Colleges Explains 'Intellectual Specialists' | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

...addition to rebuilding the interior of the building at 9 Prescott St., contractors will modernize and slightly alter the club. Plans call for a new dining room one-third larger than the former one and a modern office in the right-hand room on the ground floor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Repairs Begin On Burnt-Out Varsity Club | 2/28/1959 | See Source »

...pilot project, which is to be completed next November, is being financed by a $56,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. The Institute has promised an even larger sum to carry out the final study...

Author: By Alan H. Grossman, | Title: University Will Study Student Mental Health | 2/20/1959 | See Source »

Most criticized were the recommendations for an increased student-faculty ratio, with larger classes and fewer courses. "This is an academic version of inflation," charged Charles R. Cherington '35, profesor of Government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three Attack Harris Study On Education | 2/19/1959 | See Source »

...compare the life of the average undergraduate today with 40 years ago, I think that he spends a larger part of the total day on studies and does a much better job. (Incidentally, census figures show a very large rise in the percentage of students on the labor market.) He is less interested in the spectacular sports and participates to a greater degree in sports. He is much more interested in the visual arts and, certainly as compared to the thirties' much less interested in politics. On the whole, I would say he makes better use of his time than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOR TEACHERS | 2/17/1959 | See Source »

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